Colville holds off Lakeside, #1 Lady Eagles head to Districts

The Lady Eagles softball team travelled to 2A Great Northern League champion Colville Tuesday, May 12th and came away with a tough loss, 6-9, after they pushed across only 1 run with bases loaded twice over the last two innings and outhit the Indians 13-9 on the game.

Freshman Lakeside pitcher Vanessa Ahrendt took the loss to go to 15-3 overall, while Colville was forced to bring in their 10-0 starter Carr in the 3rd as reserve pitcher Holst could not hold off the Eagle bats.

The NEA League champion Lady Eagles now head into District 7 play this Saturday against Chewelah, after the Cougars from Jenkins High defeated Newport 11-5 in district loser out play-in action yesterday. Game time is 11:00 am at University High School in the Spokane Valley. Only two teams from District 7 1A (comprised of only the Northeast "A" League) will advance to regionals against the Caribou Trail League's District 6 first round loser pool next Saturday, May 23rd, in Brewster to battle for the #2 and #4 seeds to state from District 6/7. Winners of District 6 first round play will battle for #1 and #3 seeds to state.

Best of luck in Districts, Lady Eagles!